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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

most re- DANCING To A HAND-oRGAN
luctantly, she advances again how very
shy and-dear mel was mistaken. For
suddenly she braces herself, clasps her
hands behind her neck, jumps up, and
deliberately kicks the hat off her part
ner's head. l think had better get out
of this.
There are very many of such public
balls in Paris. But in polite society the
dancing is as refined as it is anywhere.
The quadrille, so much danced in
America, the lancers and the cotillon
are essentially French. The old figures
of the quadrille, to wit: lie PdntaSon,
La POule, RITE, &c, are out of style.
The Can-can is French, andFrench only,
and is danced in the manner l have
described. What you call in America a
german, is not German at all. The
Germans proper are no graceful dancers.
They are heavy and plump in their
motions. Yet, dancing is their delight,
and they do it quite as much as singing.
No public feast in Germany like Schuet-
zenfest, or the yearly fairs, lacks its
huge dancing pavillons. Their most
popular dance is the waltz. Its very
NAME - GERMAN, ueIlNlhS from tue feTp
waltzen, to revolve, to turn, and revolve
they do. In the hugfacdltser they jump
twice ON each foot at every turn. But
the schleJscastzer (sweepwalse) is most in
favor, In it, without lifting their feet
off the floor, they sweep over it, turning
always in the same direction, till one
gets fairly sea-sick from looking at them.
Among the less refined it is a habit for
the woman TO rest her head upon her
partners shoulder while dancing to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

hagen. 1t was collection illustrating
the handiwork and rude arts of some
new-found men in Greenland whose ex-
istence was not known until three or
four years ago. On the east coast Sof
Greenland in about 66o north latitude is
desolate stretch of coast, cut BY several
glaciers and walled in by eternal packs
of sea ice. This formidable barrier was
not passed by explorers until Captain
Holm and his comrades two years ago
triumphed over the obstacles in the way
and found on the other side about 450
natives living in two villages German
explorers had mapped the coast far north
of them, and the Danes had explored
the fiords south of them, but not until
two years before Holm appeared among
them like an apparition did they know
that any other people lived in all the
world beside themselves. a few adven-
turesome spirits among them had finally
braved the perils of the ice-bound coast,
and after perhaps centuries of isolation
had put their people into communication
with the outer world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
OBSERVATIONS ON PAN.
A Classic Freak who Missed the Era
Dime Museums.

A Classic Freak who Missed the Era of
Dime Museums.
There were no dime museums in the
NEUROLOGICAL times of the dim and chestnutty
past. This is singular, when one considers
how numerous the freaks were.
For instance, there was Mr.. Pan. For
genuine, Atwood and yard-wide curiosity,
Pan would be hard to beat, even in modern
times, when the genius of man has produced
the sea serpent and the chestnut bell. He
would discount the What-Is-It, the mermaid,
the big-footed girl, the glass masticator, the
bridge jumper, or DR.. Mary Walker, as
curiosity. The subject of the sketch wore
horns on his head.
Modern people, who regard horns as a
desirable part Of attire, wear them in their
mouths. They sometimes call them night
caps, however, as graceful recognition of
the fact that horns belong to the head. At
the present time horns are procured at
sample rooms and art galleries, except in
prohibition States, where they may be
obtained at drug stores.
In addition to his horns, Pan wore legsn
feet and a tail which SO closely resembled
those of goat that no one except German
scholar, who knows everything, could detect
the difference. Pan did not wear these misft
portions OF an animal anatomy from choice
but from necessity.
He was built that way.
It is hard to decide for certain who the
parents Of this freak were, for the original
family records were destroyed at the Chicago
fire.
He was so ugly that no one wanted to claim
him; but the general opinion is that Mer-
curry the Precocious was his father.
Pan was noted for his pipes.
You must not infer from this that he was
aplumber, or native of Germany.
He was neither.
His pipes were not gaspipes, nor yet meer-
schaums.
He was in the mythology business, being
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
out of Congo's
broad stream
into the great
Kassai amuent,
when he sud-
denly heard a

lively clatter among the trees along one
bank of the river. He was sure he heard
human voices overhead, but he could see
nothing except the dark green foliage that
oyerhung the stream and almost shut
out the sunlight AS he ran his steamer
to the shore the buzz of excitement
among the branches intensified and the
explorer was soon gazing upward at one
of the most remarkable sights in Africa
little village in mid-air whose denizens
were looking down at him from their
huts amid the branches in great dismay
and establishment. 1t was not known
before that any of the natives of Africa,
like few of the inhabitants of Borneo
and New Guinea, live in trees; but DR..
Wolff found several of these tree villages.
At distances of fifteen to twenty feet
from the ground the natives had securely
fastened platforms of interlaced willows
and branches upon which they reared
their matched huts. Up and down the
tree trunks they clambered with the agil-
ity of monkeys and swung themselves so
skillfully from branch to branch that it
seemed as though, like the orang -outang,
they could travel through the forest
without touching the ground. Partly to
guard against surprises from their enc
mics and partly to escape the foundations
of the river, their ancestors, some time or
other, took refuge in the trees, and in the
course of time they became veritable tree
jewellers. Their huts are not built so
high from the ground as those visited by
Mr.. Gill in New Guinea which, he says,
were near the tops of tall trees and,
though well built, he did not feel safe in
them because they rocked so much in the
wind.
This is notable instance of the strange
and wholly unexpected discoveries that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

dreamy waltz music. Often they will
even dance cheek against cheek, which
is, especially in summer time,. q rather
warm and moist amusement; but the
oleaginous sweetness of this is married
by the ridiculous stiffness with which
they hold their coupled hands" at arms
length from the body, and by the monot-
onous perseverance with which, while
.aboring at polka, both lady and cava-
lier will give stamp on the floor at the
accumulated part of every measure, maxi
ing a sort of boom trala boom trala!
accompaniment to their dancing.
Only the inhabitants of the mountain
GUS regions in Germany have kept up the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

loud, solemn "God protect Francis, the
Emperor We need not visit another
ballroom. Substitute for the dragoon
one of his officers, and for the gay stu
dent in his short frock gay gentleman
in dress-coat. That's all the difference
Here, as in Poland, the dancers grow
very excited. 1t is hardly possible to
describe how, in their quadrilles, they
whirl about are now at this place, now
at that, join, part, bow and run, faster
and faster, till exhaustion compels them
to stop. In Bohemia and Hungary the
most popular dance is the polka, which
resembles but little the movement you
call by that name in your American
bathrooms. In Vienna it is often
danced in the original manner. / re-
member an incident, very unpleasant
to me, very funny to the others, which
happened few years ago. 1t was at a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
sswoLFING..
Work of Montana Cowboys During
Winter Months.

In Montana some cowboys out of employ
ment subsist during the winter by ''wolffng.'
Rangemen furnish horses, rifles, ammunition,
strychnine and free board to "wolfers," and
the Territory pays bounties as follows:
Mountain lions and bear, So; gray wolves
and timber wolves, 81; coyotes, 81; prairie
In addition the boys get ready sale for the
pelts as follows Bears and lions, Sc to $40;
wolves, 81 so; coyotes, 81 to 81 so; prairie
dogs, to 10 cents; squirrels, 10 cents.
County commissioners in Montana are au-
thorized to appropriate 500 in each county,
pups and squirrels. In Arizona the bounty county,
is: Lynx, 81; bob cat, 81 small wolf, 81;
timber wolf, 81; coyote, 81 bear, So; pam
Their, puma, cougar mountain lion, $15;
jack rabbit cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
TOPICAL SONGS.
The Men who Write Them Making a
Great Deal of Money.

The Men who Write Them Making a
Great Deal of Money.
saw recently in theatrical paper, writes
New York correspondent, that man named
Watson had made $40, 600 out of a song called
Fathers Teeth are Plugged with Zinc" and
talking the other day with an expert in such
matters, asked him if the statement could
be true He told me that it was very likely,
and that of all kinds of musical compositions
ballad writing for minstrel purposes was at
present the most profitable. Songs of which
the public hears almost nothing pay fortunes
to their writers-the more vulgar and trashy
the words and music, the greater the returns,
and incidentally learned something of the
manufacture of the topical verses which are
now considered an essential part of every
comic opera. For instance, in 'Erminie,"
which is now approaching its 300th night at
the Casino, and in Ruddygore, which
are called upon to sing verse after verse of
comment upon local affairs and no less than
five literary gentlemen are said to be drawing
large part of their income from comedians
who use their verses throughout the country.
The men who can put together half-dozen
lines affecting some popular weakness of the
day, such as the crusade against the high
hat, the fondness for the tobaggan slide, the
weakness of men who haveto go out between
acts, Mrs. James Brown-P Potter desire to ele-
te the stage, Sarah Bernhardt's want of
nesh. etc, have a steady income, inasmuch
as every time that Mr.. Wilson, of the Casino,
sings a topical verse he pays twenty-five
cents to its author as royalty, and perhaps
the limpness with which he responds for the
tenth time Is partly due to the knowledge
mat each encore means twenty-five cents out
Ct his pockets. One young man, Mr.. Sidney
Rosenberg, is said to make s., 1900 year in
grinding out topical gags.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

ball given by the Count of H, ma
d dse after the ;nte1mission was to ba
polka, I asked, with the privilege of
foreigner, very beautiful, charming,
witty young lady whether might have
the honor, &c.-the usual phrase, you
know. Well she granted the favor, with
something like smile twinkling in her
eyes. The intermission was over. Re
lying on my art and my patent leather
pumps, took her arm with self-compo-
sure and dignity. The orchestra played
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

putting away up the stream Mr.. Grenfell
suddenly saw before him large village in
state of great excitement. Everybody
came rushing out of the huts, and, to the
white mans surprise, the people began
ascending the trees. Then he saw that
huts had been built in the branches of
these trees. They were evidently de-
signed for places of refuge in case of at
tack. The trees were tall, and there
were no branches within thirty feet of
the ground. The huts were reached by
means of native rope ladders. Men,
women and children clambered up the
ladders and tumbled into the fortlets.
Then the ladders were pulled up, and
with their means of returning safely to
terra firma thus secured it is evident that
they would have enemies who were
armed only with bows and arrows at
considerable disadvantage.
Presently showers of arrows were
launched from the fortlets at the
steamer, which was now abreast of the
town. Mr.. Grenfell and his wife were
sitting on the deck, but they were not
alarmed by this show of hostility, though
the natives in that region are in the habit
of using poisoned arrows. The steamer
was protected on all sides by wire net
ting against the arrows harmlessly
hurled. Mr.. Grenfell vainly tried to
enter into parley with the excited alb
origines, but they merely redoubled their
acts of hostility, and so the exploring
party steamed away.
Mr.. Grenfell is an Englishman and
baptist missionary whose discoveries
nave made him well known to the geog-
raphers of all nations. He has done far
9TH 90 1<&,.n h1
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
The Midland journal.
Rising Sun, Cecil County, Nd.
MY HENRY.

MY HENRY.
JAMES wHITCO1fB RILEY.
He's jes' great, big awk'ard, hulkin'
Feller bumped, and sort o. sulkin'
Like, and ruther still-appearin'--
Kind-es-ef he wasn't keerin'
Whether school belt out er not
And that's my Henry to dot.
Allus kind o liked him-whether
Children, or crowd up together
Fifteen years ago and better,
Fore he ever knowed letter,
Run acrost the little fool
In my primmer class at school.
When the teacher wasn't lookin'
He'd be th'owin' wads, er crookin'
Pins, er sprinklin' pepper, morn
Likely, on the stove, er borin'
Gimblet holes up thue his desk
Nothin' that boys wouldn't resk!
But, somehow, as was goin'
On to say, he seemed so KNOWN
Other ways, and cute and cunnin',
Allus was notion runnin'
Thue my giddy, fool head he
Jes' he'd ben cut out fer me!
Don't go much on prophesyin',
But last night while was fryin'
Supper, with that man a-pitchin'
Little Henry round the kitchen,
Think-says-I, them baby's eyes
Is my Henry's jes' p'cise.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
Lost His Life for a Doe.

upon the track of the Fitchburg railroad,
Watertown branch, near the Bleachery
station, John Lynch sprang upon the track
to chase the dog off, and succeeded in doing
so. Mr.. Lynch was less fortunate personally,
as he was struck by the train and fatally in
jured. His home was in Silver Lake, New
ton. He was about fifty years old, and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

P Okla or
waltz is too
S o b er for
them, but the
quadrille, in
its various
styles, gives
them a de-
sired oppor-
t u n ity to
S h W, n OF
their grace
fuln e s s by
any means,
but rather
their agility
in short, to
dance the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

8 t nc h an(
true in theil
hearts. There
is nothin 6
lascivious il
their dancing
only lightness
of heart ex-
pressed in gay
looks as they
move hand ir
hand, lifting
t h e a r m {
Zig htly for
W a r d and
OF
as they wind
up by all join.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

fully S he
looks down
while trip
ping back
ward a few
steps. How
charming
the curtsy
she drops,
when, al
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

Aged Hebrew-You lets me in for halnf
price?
Tcket-seller-only children are admitted
at half price.
''Vell, am schild''
Nonsense"
No, SIR, am sehild Of Isreal and am
an orphan pesides Teas Siflfn6s.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
ItWould do wen.

Hayseed- Gimme ticket to Way Back.
Ticket agent-Do Dollar thirty-four
Hayseed- Hain't got but a dollar.
Ticket agent That II take you to POUCH
keepsie.s
Hayssed Gimme the ticket. - It'd Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
NEW FOUND MEN.
QUEER PEOPLE RECENTLY DIS
COVERED BY EXPLORERS.

African Villages in the Trees Whose In
habitants Climb Like Monkeys Tribes
of Dwarfs in the Congo Region-The
Native Arts of Indigenous Greenlanders.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06
lcopgrtgAtel. 1871

One day early
last year DR..
Louis Wolff was
steaming along
the Lo m a m i
river, some 500
miles from the
point where he
had turned the
prov of the lit
tie En- Avant
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

rivalry. FIRE.
quently the
people s ing
aloud, if the
band play a
popular air,
a nd some
t lines they
give way to
t h cir loyal
fe elings by
;ns,,sn~ -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

s o m g t lines
requite the
explorer for
all the tolls
and dangers
of his jour
ney. These
tree-dwellers
live south of
tn e Congo.
The year be-
fore Mission
ary Grenfell,
whileascend-
ing the Mo-
b an gi, the
G r e a t e 8 t
n ort h e r n
tributary of
theCongo,
made adicov-
cry tina. was
equallyinter-
esting. AS his
little steamer
P e ce was
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-05-06

The trunk lines are most important to per
sons who travel with heavy Baggage. The
e{'rsack line viii do for the ADVENTURE
Mo- Orleans P'caNlal.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-29
THE SICK CHILD.

Child-O mother, lay yonr hand on my brow ! o mother, mother, where am I now? Why is the room so gaunt and great: Why am lying awake so late? sfother-Fear not at all the night is Nothing is here that means you ill-
 wn through
 And never a child awake but you. Child-Mother, mother, speak low in my ear, Some of the things are great and near,
 Some are so small and far away, have fear that 1 cannot say. What have done, and what do fear, And why are you crying, mother dear? uother-Out in the city sounds begin; Thank the kind God, the carts come lnl
 An hour or two more and God is so kind.
 The day shall be blue in the window /. blind,
 Then shall my child go sweetly asleep,
 And dream of the birds and hills of sheep. -E1chdnge.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-29

spirited to his finger-tips. Ever since he came here he has worked just as hard for the town as for his paper.
 His characteristics as newspaper man are enormous enterprise and the gift of getting at the gist of things. He believes in news, and knows what is news.
 The boys who have worked about the office for years tell me that "the doctor" as they all call him, is as kind hearted as he can be, and great lover of truth and justice. He is a singularly modest man, and they say he is absolutely fearless. He is not much of n ''mixer," is seldom seen in public places, cares nothing for ordi- nary amusements and is very domes- tic in his habits. His wife is his closest and most constant companion. His home is one of the handsomest and most charming in the city. Situ- ated as he is, it is no wonder that he spends so much of his time at home. He is prodigious,y energetic, ani what is exceptional with nervous, en- ergetic men he never frets away valu- able vital energy,
 Having large property interests his work is much diversified, but he keeps an eye on the details of his paper all the same. X number of extra good newspaper men have developed in the Times office, some of whom owe what ever eminence they have attained to Dr. Munford's training. No newspa- per that know of has better staff than the Times. They are all clean capable. energetic, and, above all, self respecting fellows. Tine policy of the paper is to keep a good man wher once it has got him.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-29
WrtueH for The ArkdHsdU 7rdVeLer. DR. MUNFORD AND THE KAN
 SAS CITY TIMES"
BY THOMAS P. GRAsTY.

send you a photograph (which l am sorry is not as good as it might be) of a man who, after some sixteen years of the gamest kind of difficulty fight ing, has achieved one of the most sub stantial newspaper successes of the present decade. In fact, barring the New York World. know of no pa per whose growth has been So rapid, deep-rooted and vigorous as that of the Kansas City TtmeS.
 Morrison Munford, the man who has made the Times, came here in
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-10-29

Dr. Munford-and, by the bye, though educated for physician don't believe he ever practised-is a very forcible writer. His style is clear and to the point. One of the best newspaper letters have read this year was one he wrote about a month ago to the Chicago Tribune, in which, replying to certain aspersions cast upon Kansas City by mistaken cor respondent of that great journal, he showed that property here, far from ruling too high, was selling consider ably below the figures justified by the existing commercial and industrial status, and he proved with facts and figures that the growth of this city must continue on basis of arith- metical progression.
 THE TIMES.
 As have said, the Times and Kan- sas City have progressed pari pdssee, and whatever may be said of the city may be said of the paper AS Kan sas City is the best town of its age in America, so the best paper is the Times. There are several other very good papers here in Kansas City, but among them the Times stands as a giant among ordinary men. In fact, I know of no paper in the land enjoy ing an equal local supremacy, nor one so thoroughly covering it's tributary territory. unless. perhaps. it be the Louisville Courier -Journrt. but the territory thoroughly covered by the Times is very much larger than that into which the COurter-.Journdi goes extensively : for the field of the Times is not only southwest Missouri and a part of Arkansaw, but all of Kansas. It likewise extends far into Texas but Kansas is its garden spot, for fully five copies of the Times are taken in Kansas to one of any other publica- ton; and, daily and weekly com biDed, it's circulation is greater in that state than all it's competitors put together. Such statement may at first blush sound extravagsnt, but I make it not on the say-so of people about the Ttia.es office, but on that of commer- cial travellers who canvass Kansas, and of impartial citizens of that state whom have talked with during the gala week just ended, when probably 50,000 Kansans were in town to see the president and the "Priests of Pal las.D
 And in this connection it is mat ter that the people of this city should be proud of, that the Times, during the past week, has printed more pages than any paper in Chicago during the same period, giving its readers reports Of the presidents visit and of all the other important local events that do